Mexican national pleads guilty to illegal re-entry to U. S.

(From the U. S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri)

A Mexican National illegally residing in the Springfield, Missouri area, pleaded guilty in federal court to illegal re-entry by an alien after being convicted of a prior felony crime.

Pedro Lopez-Dominguez, 36, entered a guilty plea to U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge Willie J. Epps, Jr. to the offense of illegal re-entry into the United States by an alien after having been previously convicted of a felony offense.

On January 18, 2026, deputies from Greene County, Missouri, Sheriff’s Department arrested Lopez-Dominguez during a traffic stop after learning that he had an outstanding arrest warrant from Barry County, Missouri, for a previous criminal offense and failing to appear before that court. Upon determining that Lopez-Dominguez was illegally within the United States, local law enforcement contacted agents with the Department of Homeland Security – Immigration Customs Enforcement who responded and determined that Lopez-Dominguez was illegally in the United States after having been removed three previous times – once in 2017, once in 2018, and most recently in 2019.

Lopez-Dominguez had been previous convicted of the felony offense of Illegal Entry Into the United States of a Previously Removed Alien in 2019.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick Carney. It was investigated by the Department of Homeland Security-Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Removal Operations, and the Greene County, Missouri, Sheriff’s Department.